Minimum-wage earners in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) will start getting a P20 to P30 pay increase this month, after the new wage order of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB)-CAR is scheduled to take effect on August 20.
Under the wage order, the new minimum-wage rate in Baguio and La Trinidad is now P310 and P320.
Meanwhile, the new rate for the areas of Tabuk City, Bagued, Bontoc, Lagawe, Banaue, Buguias, Bauko, Sagada and Tublay is now P305 and P315.
Workers from other parts of the CAR will be entitled to minimum-wage rate of P300.
The wage order was issued by the RTWPB-CAR on July 20, but was only published on August 5. CAR now joins the nine other regions, which already issued and implemented their respective wage orders this year.